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Internationally renowned novelist Rodrigo Rey Rosa will read from
his work at 7 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge of the University Center on
Wednesday, April 2 as part of the Poetry-in-the-Round reading series.

Rodrigo Rey Rosa was born in Guatemala in 1958. After finishing his studies in his country, he lived in New York and later in Tangier, Morocco. Rey Rosa has translated several books by Paul Bowles into
Spanish, along with the works of other authors such as Norman Lewis,
Paul Léautaud, and François Augiéras. He’s also the author of several
novels and short story collections, including The Beggar's Knife, Dust
on Her Tongue, The Pelicari Project, The Good Cripple, La orilla
africana, Caballeriza, and, most recently, Los Sordos.